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Release Date 12 August 2012
Release Type Freeware
Content Advisory Mild | Suggestive dialog | Mild
Operating System Windows
Setting Contemporary
Genre Comedy
Story Original
Play Length Medium Length Game
Language English
Graphics Other, 32-Bit Colour
Downloaded 3,645 All Time

About

Somewhere along the east coast of Africa, pirates have attacked a luxury yacht! They have taken a few seemingly wealthy passengers as their hostages, a family and an old man, hoping to collect a hefty ransom for each of them. When the hostage negotiations go awry, the rescue duties land on the weak shoulders of an unlikely hero. Little does he know that the ship's crew, that stands in his way, is composed of some very weird and silly individuals.

Features
- The first 1280x720 resolution AGS game?
- 18 wacky characters!
- 15 rooms to explore!
- Lots of lazily made animations!
- Bingo!
- Karaoke!
- An inflatable lady!
- Hitting bad guys with a cane!

DimaSoftware Project Lead, Design, Writing, Scripting, Character Art & Animation
24 Hours Graphics, programming, etc.
Alone in the Night Graphics, coding, etc.
Barrier Almost everything
By the Numbers Almost everything
Da New Guys AGS Creditz plug-in
How Many... Everything
Patchwork Testing
The Heist Scripting, gui graphics, story, etc.
The Island Coding, graphics, music
The Search - As finished as it will ever be -edition Everything

Joni Ahonen Design, Writing, Character & Background Design

Mad_Reizka Background Art, Music & Sound Design
24 Hours Music
By the Numbers Acting
The Heist Graphics, cut scenes, transitions, music

TK Scripting & Writing
_Access Music
A Gunshot in Room 37 Design, story, art, scripting
Alone in the Night Music
Deflus Technical Demo Scripting help
Escape From Lurrilous
Lone Case 2: Scars Music
Pixel Hunt Beta testing
PMUVCHVT Music
The Island Story, puzzles, graphics
The McReed Case
The McReed Case: Interrogation BETADEMO Game Creator
Tomb of the Moon Design, story, scripting, music

Joni Karvinen Music

Sini Haapanen Background Art

Awards & Reviews

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AGS Awards 2012 Nominee

AGS Awards 2012 Nominee

Best Programming
Best Puzzles

AGS Panel Rating

A solid adventure game given lots of care and attention, fun mechanics and interesting characters. Quirky and enjoyable, excellent production value and fun music and sounds.

Pick of the Month

May 2013

Barely Floating proves the elderly can kick pirate butts better than most young dorks, as they come with the benefits of dangerous prescription drugs and a strong cane in hand. Despite its decrepit hero the game sports superior production values - like the (realistically) nauseating effects

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By mahli on 22 July 2019

Nice script and dialogue. Decent graphics, good music. Witty all the Way


By savetier on 17 April 2019

Finally got the time to play this game, and it turned out to be a real gem! The graphics/animations are wonderful, and I especially liked that you can include the room-hotspots into the dialogues. The story is well done, too! The puzzle with the three brothers was my favourite. Top game!


By faerieevenstar on 20 May 2014

I loved it. Wonderful game with a great sense of humour!

I don't agree with the comment about profanity here, I think it made it feel better... but I swear like a sailor myself. He was supposed to be British (I guess, by the money in his pocket!) and we don't get our knickers in a twist over swearing so much. I think it added to the "colourfulness" of an eccentric old man, who doesn't stick to the rules of the norm and I liked that. Also, it's one of the up sides of a non-commercial game, if you don't have censors to please and certificates to adhere to, you can say what you like, and that makes Indie games more interesting in some ways- freedom of speech.

I also headed for walkthrough once or twice, but mainly it felt very intuitive and I think if I'd pushed for long enough I'd have worked most f them out eventually.

Extra thumbs up for Barbara and the connection they made there <3 I can imagine if there was ever a sequel, he'd need Barbara to be in it too! AND Herr Hindenberg made me giggle too.

Some of the puzzles and jokes felt very reminiscent of Monkey Island or Leisure Suit Larry, and that is a very good thing. I'll be looking out for more games by the same people!! THANK YOU.


By Chawl on 10 April 2014

Even with good graphics and ingenious sailing mood, dialogue centric gameplay is really ruining point'n click nature. I got really bored of continuous interviewing, perhaps I'm not a journalist type.


By donkeymilk on 11 July 2013

good graphics/animations
some puzzles sent me to the walktrough!
top quality production.


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